1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that music used to me smile And I knew if I had my That I could make those dance And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But February me shiver every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the I take one more step I can't remember if I When I read about his bride But something touched me deep The day the died
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good old were drinking whiskey 'n rye Singing, "This'll be the day I die "This'll be the day I die."
2] Did you write the book of And do you faith in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music save your soul And can you teach me how to dance slow? Well, I know that you're in with him I saw you dancin' in the gym You both kicked off your Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a lonely broncin' buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the died I singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten years been on our own And moss fat on a rollin' stone But not how it used to be the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed James Dean And a voice that from you and me Oh, and while the was looking down The stole his thorny crown The was adjourned; No was returned And while read a book on Marx The practiced in the park And we sang dirges in the The day the died We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The birds off with a fallout shelter Eight high and falling fast It landed on the grass The players tried for a pass With the jester on the sidelines in a Now the half-time air was sweet While the sergeants played a tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the tried to take the field; The band refused to yield Do you recall what was The day the died? We started
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
5] Oh, and there we all in one place A lost in space With no time to start again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of No born in hell Could that Satan's spell And as the climbed high into the night To the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with The day the music We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye this'll be the day that I die be the day that I die
6] I met a girl who sang the And I asked her for some news But she just and turned away I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music before But the man there said the wouldn't play And in the the children screamed The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a was spoken; The church all were broken And the three men I admire The father, son, and the ghost caught the last train for the coast The day the music And they singing
Verse] And I stood alone and afraid I to my knees and there I prayed And I promised him I could give If only he would the music live And he promised it would live once But this time one would equal And in five years four had come to And the music was
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die They singing Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die